Pyhia

Pyhia or Pyihia or Petepihu (p3-ỉḥỉ3) was an Ancient Egyptian princess during the 18th Dynasty, a daughter of Thutmose IV.[2]



Pyhia[1]
in hieroglyphs

Her mummy was reburied in the Sheikh Abd el-Qurna cache along with that of several other princesses: her probable sisters Amenemopet and Tiaa; her niece Nebetia and Princesses Tatau, Henutiunu, Merytptah, Sithori and Wiay.[3] The tomb was discovered in 1857.

Sources

  1. Aidan Dodson: A Theban Tomb and Its Tenants. In: The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, vol.75. (1989), p.129
  2. Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, (London: Thames & Hudson, 2004) ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p.137
  3. Dodson & Hilton, p.135
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